A little more than a year ago, for 3-4 weeks I pulled my old B&K PT-3 preamp ($600.00) and B&K ST-1400 Mk II amp ($700.00) out of the closet and inserted them into my system while my tube preamp ($5,000.00) and monoblocks ($6,000.00) were being repaired. A tube had gone bad and it blew the preamp and the amps.
I still had the rest of my system in place ($40k), I just inserted the two B&K pieces in place of the high end preamp and amp. I was surprised, because I could have easily lived with that system if I had to.
I believe that the real key in this situation was the Stealth Indra interconnects between the DAC and preamp and preamp and amp. I believe that they allowed the B&K pieces to receive and process the best possible signal.
I find myself just shaking my head whenever someone says that they don't see how an interconnect can affect a system. I've heard it over and over, and in this case, it was an amazing revelation, showing that these budget pieces had a lot more quality than I had previously thought they had.
Chuck
I still had the rest of my system in place ($40k), I just inserted the two B&K pieces in place of the high end preamp and amp. I was surprised, because I could have easily lived with that system if I had to.
I believe that the real key in this situation was the Stealth Indra interconnects between the DAC and preamp and preamp and amp. I believe that they allowed the B&K pieces to receive and process the best possible signal.
I find myself just shaking my head whenever someone says that they don't see how an interconnect can affect a system. I've heard it over and over, and in this case, it was an amazing revelation, showing that these budget pieces had a lot more quality than I had previously thought they had.
Chuck